We have 2 cats (8-year-old and a 6-year-old who we think was the runt of the litter as she still acts like a kitten and is a liitle slow). We have had them for 7 years and 5 years respectively. I was worried about how they would react to DS particularly as the older one has big issues with change and is quite nervy. I was also worried as we got the older one from the RSPCA and the reason she was given away by her original owners was because she was found sleeping in the baby's cot.

When we came home, it was the younger one who was scared of the baby (particularly when he cried as it was quite loud). They have both got used to the baby's noises now and we have not had any issues with them. They know they aren't allowed to go into the baby's room (they will actually sit at the doorway and peer inside, but never go in) and it only took a couple of weeks to get them to understand that they weren't allowed in there. Another thing they have started doing is jumping off our bed at night when they hear the baby crying and sit outside his door until we get get up and feed him. It's almost as if to tell us that something is wrong with the baby and we need to do something about it. It's very cute. Also, when DS is on the floor in the living room, they will walk around him, look at him, they may sniff him sometimes, but they have never scratched him or anything like that.

So anyway, I'm rambling. Main point is, we've never had problems with DS and the cats. We also make time each day to play with the cats like we used to before DS came along and I think that has helped too.